<p>Yale says "limit to fewer than 25 words."</p>
<p>However, their supplement gives us 175 characters.
Which takes priority?</p>
<p>The reason is that one of my responses is EXACTLY 25 words, but I have like 30 characters left... It would sound a lot smoother if I used the character limit instead of the word limit. Ideas?</p>
<p>That was the case for me in a lot of (actually, I think all) the short-takes, but I stuck to the word limit to be on the safe side. But that’s just me, you should do whatever you feel best, I guess!</p>
<p>If it flows smoothly they won’t stop to count the words. If it doesn’t flow smoothly then staying within the word limit will not help you.</p>
<p>I sure as hell didn’t stay within the word limit for most of them haha.</p>